Automobile-locking device



J. E. 0. FELLER.

AUTOMOBILE LOCKING DEI/ICE.

APPUCATION' FILED MAR. Il 1919.

Patented Nov. 23, 1.920.

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specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 23, 1920.

- Application nled March 11, 1919. Serial No. 282,011.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN E. O. FELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain Vnew and useful Improvements in Automobile-Locking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to automobile locking devices and has more especial reference to a device arranged to be placed upon the gear shift lever locking the same in a neutral position.

rlhe object of the invention is to provide a device which may be easily placed upon the gear shift lever when the same is in the neutral position, and towhich a pad lock may be applied to hold the gear shift lever in this position. ,f Y

further object is the provision of a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, durable in construction and efficient in operation.

Nith these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described,

Villustrated in the accompanying drawings,

and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of'construction may be made within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

The invention thus set forth in general terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which- Figure l is a section on the line l-1, Fig. 2; Y

Fig. 2, a section on the line 2 2, Fig. l;

Fig. 3, a perspective view of the device; and

Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 2 with the locking device removed.

A practical embodiment of the invention is disclosed inthe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The device is designed for use upon cars wherein the gear shift lever operates within an H-shaped slot, such as is best shown in Fig. 4, at 1. A channel member 2 is usually located beneath each leg of the slot and connected by the usual rod 3 to the gearing.,v

Each of these channel members is adapted to receive the gear shift lever shown in cross section at 4 and by moving the lever forward and backward in either leg of the slot, the channel member is moved there? with and through the rods 3, the gears are shifted to the high, low, intermediate or reverse, as desired. Vhen the lever is disengaged from both of the channel members and moved into the position shown in Fig. 4 the gears are left in the neutral position. The present invention'pertains to a device arranged to lock the gear shift lever andthe channel members through whichthe gears are operated in the neutral position.

The device comprises the channel portion 5, the sides of which are extended downwardly as shown at 6 forming a pair of spaced plates preferably rounded towardV the rear at their under edge as shown at '7 projections 8 beingv formed at the forward lower corner of each plate.

A pair of spaced ears 9 extends rearwardly from the channel portion 5 of the device, apertures 10 being formed through said ears for the purpose of receiving the shackle of the'pa-d lock l1. l

When the owner desires to leave his car standing upon the street the gear shift lever is first moved to the neutral position, shown in Figs. 2 and 4 and the locking device applied by tilting the lower portion of the same toward the gear shift lever and at the same time inserting the projections 8 beneath the flanges of the channel members 2, one leg or plate 6 being located upon each lever and the shackle of the pad lock 11 isV placed through the apertures l0. The lever is thus locked in the neutral position and the gear shifting rods held against move-4 ment. The gears'being held in the neutral position it will be impossible to operate the tions on said side portions for engagement ear until the pad lock is opened and the with the channel members and the lower device removed. Y ends of said side portions being curved to I claimrest upon said channel members ears o'n the 5 In combination With a gear shift comprisf channel portion provided with apertures for 15 ing an H-shaped slot, a lever slidable Withthe reception of a lock shackle. in the slot and channel meinbers below the In testimony vthat I claim the above, I slot, a locking device comprising a chanhave hereunto subscribed my name. nel portion to receive the lever, reduced 10 side portions extending into the slot, proje- JOHN E. O. FELLER. 

